The Daily Dose/December 25, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience. 

Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody is free through the end of the year.

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow procures the holiday prime rib. Today’s Diary. 

Plus, we’ve made pretty good prime ribs in the past and while we didn’t get that boxed deep-fried shrimp like we have in the past, we did get those tin biscuits we like, so it shouldn’t be too bad of a meal…

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On This Date
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In 1776 – General George Washington and Continental Army troops cross the Delaware River from Bucks County, Pennsylvania to a bit north of Trenton, New Jersey where the following day they would attack and defeat mostly Hessian troops fighting for Great Britain. The Battle of Trenton was a decisive American victory, with about two-thirds of the enemy surrendering or being captured. The victory followed several defeats in New York for the Continental Army, which spurred morale and enlistments. 

In 1971 – The Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs play the longest game in NFL history in a 27-24 Dolphins win in the opening round of the NFL playoffs. The Dolphins won the game on a field goal in the second overtime after 82 minutes and 40 seconds of play. The Chiefs’ Ed Podolak had 350 all-purpose yards, still the NFL playoff record and the following week the Dolphins would beat the Balitmore Colts for the AFC title and would later lose to the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl. 

In 1961 – Leroy Van Dyke is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot C&W Sides chart – for the tenth of a then-country chart record 19 non-consecutive weeks with Walk On By. Van Dyke would break the record of 14 weeks which had been done twice since Billboard consolidated their country charts in October 1958. The record stood until 2013-14 when Florida Georgia Line spent 24 weeks at #1 with Cruise and the record is now 50 weeks, but Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line with Meant To Be. It was the second of three Top 10 hits for Van Dyke and remains his only #1 song.  

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

But for the chosen there is no choice.
Saul Bellow
Ravelstein

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The NBA record for fewest rebounds in one game is 19, by the Seattle SuperSonics on April 14, 1999. 

Today’s Stumper
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What was the first #1 song on a Billboard country singles chart? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/December 24, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.

The Sunday Bottom 5 will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

Yay for Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow sees an assortment of pretty girls at the gym. Today’s Diary. 

…including one whose paperwork for admittance into the Sparrow Wheelhouse (SW) was about to be submitted when it was discovered she had hair under her arms.

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On This Date
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In 1968 – Man arrives at another terrestrial body for the first time when the crew of Apollo 8 – Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders – go into lunar orbit. The crew would orbit the moon ten times, returned to Earth on Dec 27, and the crew was chosen as Time magazine’s Men of the Year. Though humans would walk on the moon the following July, Apollo 8 remains a landmark in human exploration. Due to a NASA edict, their spacecraft was never named. 

In 1960 – The Boston Celtics establish a new NBA record for most rebounds in a game in a 150-106 win over the Detroit Pistons. The Celtics had 109 rebounds to break the record of 105 they had established in January and the record still stands. Of the nine times a team has gotten at least 100 rebounds in a game, the Celtics and Bill Russell have done it six times and the other three games involved the Philadelphia Warriors and Wilt Chamberlain. Some sources list the mark as 112 rebounds. 

In 1983 – Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third of six consecutive weeks with Say Say Say. The song went to #1 in six other countries, including Italy and Norway, peaked at #2 in Great Britain and on Billboard’s soul chart, was Billboard’s 3rd-biggest song of 1984 and its 8th-biggest of the decade. It was the second and final hit for the duo and remains their only #1 song together. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

A cosmos without known cause or fate is an intellectual prison; we long to believe that the great drama has a just author and a noble end.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. VI: The Reformation

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

Chic’s last appearance on a Billboard singles chart came in 2015 when I’ll Be There spent one week at #1 on the Dance Club Songs chart. 

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What team holds the NBA record for fewest rebounds in a game? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/December 23, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience. 

GOP! GOP! GOP! Recently Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked by a voter in Iowa if she would call Donald Trump a “grave danger” to our country. Haley declined to do that. 

Can We Call A Spade A Spade, Please: We have never understood anyone’s reticence to call Trump what he really is: a lying sexual predator who believes the moon is part of Mars. And that the American Revolution was won by the Continental Army securing British airports. All of these things are true, but few are willing to say so publicly. 

Dry, Technical Matter: And while Trump is a lousy human being and was a lousy president, the gravest danger to America is the ignorance that made him a thing in the first place. The blame for this falls squarely on the shoulders of the American media, with the American public aidors and abettors because we tolerated it. 

Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury: Could you imagine an American media paced by Woodward and Bernstein, Walter Cronkite, John Chancellor, or any one of a dozen other journalists of the era allowing Trump into the primaries? Of course you couldn’t. They would’ve have exposed his utter lack of qualifications and the American public would’ve embraced it. 

Back To The Future: In 2016, though, Trump meant ratings and clicks so, despite being a blatherskite whose only goal is to draw attention to himself, Trump was ushered straight into the primaries and, of course, the presidency. 

The Bottom Line: We will always get the government we deserve and tolerate, so as long as we tolerate those who are ignorant and who lie and prattle nonsense, we will continue to get them. The blame for Donald Trump looks us in the mirror every morning. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow debates whether or not to get a prime rib for the holiday. Today’s Diary. 

It’s sounding pretty good right now – and there would be no reason not to get some of those biscuits that come in a tin, too – but that’s a lot of work to put into feeding me…

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On This Date
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In 1968 – The 83-member crew of the USS Pueblo, a US spy ship, are released from North Korean captivity. The Pueblo had been captured in January while on a mission to spy on Soviet naval activity in the area in addition to gathering electronic intelligence on North Korea. The Pueblo remains in commissioned US service – the second oldest commissioned vessel behind the Constitution –  and is still held by North Korea.  

In 1980 – The Winnipeg Jets end their NHL-record winless streak in a 5-4 win over the Colorado Rockies. The Jets had gone winless in their last 30 games (0-23-7), breaking the record of 27 by the Kansas City Scouts in 1975-76. It was the Jets’ first win since October 17 and they finished the season with nine victories, the fewest wins in an 80-game season since the Washington Capitals won eight games in 1974-15. 

In 1979 – Chic is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of six non-consecutive weeks with Le Freak. The song also went to #1 in four other countries, including South Africa, peaked at #7 in Great Britian, was in its fourth of five consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 3rd-biggest song of the year. It was the second of four Top Ten pop hits for the group and their first of two #1s. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

They were discussing history while actually swimming – well, treading water – in its stream. Dreamers aware they were dreaming.
Gore Vidal
The Golden Age

Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.

The first US team to win the Stanley Cup was the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1917. 

Today’s Stumper
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When was Chic’s last appearance on a Billboard singles chart? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/December 21, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Daily Dose is on hiatus, though Some Philosophy Crap is a thing. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s new coffee maker is in. Today’s Diary. 

The new coffee maker’s impending arrival made this morning’s session with the old coffee maker rather poignant…

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Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Everyman achieved his own greatness by reaching out beyond himself, and so it is with nations…Only when a nation means something to itself can it mean something to others.
Werner Von Braun

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The Daily Dose/December 21, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Daily Dose remains on hiatus. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest from the new county building. Today’s Diary. 

The big news at the new county building is the elevator is tits up, as we used to say in the Navy…I am not making that up…It’s been open for only six months and regular readers of this crap know this is hardly the building’s first problem…

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Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

…the orator who wished to sway a crowd must exaggerate and must repeat the same thing over and over.
John Toland
Adolf Hitler

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